8 - 9 December 2018
Back in Havana.
About Plaza de la Revolución:
Conceived by French urbanist Jean Claude Forestier in the 1920s, the gigantic Plaza de la Revolución (known as Plaza Cívica until 1959) was part of Havana's 'new city,' which grew up between 1920 and 1959. As the nexus of Forestier's ambitious plan, the square was built on a small hill (the Loma de los Catalanes) in the manner of Paris' Place de l'Étoile, with various avenues fanning out toward the Río Almendares, Vedado and the Parque de la Fraternidad in Centro Habana.
Surrounded by gray, utilitarian buildings constructed in the late 1950s, the square today is the base of the Cuban government and a place where large-scale political rallies are held. In January 1998, one million people (nearly one-tenth of the Cuban population) crammed into the square to hear Pope Jean Paul II say Mass.
About Museo de la Revolución:
This museum resides in the former Presidential Palace, constructed between 1913 and 1920. The world-famous Tiffany's of New York decorated the interior, and the shimmering Salón de los Espejos (Room of Mirrors) was designed to resemble the eponymous room at the Palace of Versailles.
The museum itself descends chronologically from the top floor starting with Cuba's pre-Columbian culture and extending to the present-day socialist regime (with mucho propaganda).
The downstairs rooms have some interesting exhibits on the 1953 Moncada attack and the life of Che Guevara and highlight a Cuban penchant for displaying blood-stained military uniforms. Most of the labels are in English and Spanish.
In front of the building is a fragment of the former city wall, as well as an SAU-100 tank used by Castro during the 1961 battle of the Bay of Pigs.
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2019-01-21 22:15
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My final destination in cuba was of course Havana, a city that feels completely different than the rest of the whole country. It is full of tourists and in my opinion you don't really know cuba if you only visited this city. But don't get me wrong. It still definitely is an awesome destination and I enjoyed my time there. Visiting the Capitolio and the revolution museum tought me a lot about this countries extremely interesting and special history.
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